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Relevant, Responsive and Adaptable

March 1, 2013 // Read More

Helping Babies Breathe

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A Third-Party Evaluation Gives High Marks to Physicians for Peace

In 2012, the Physicians for Peace Board of Directors posed a challenge to our staff: Can Physicians for Peace evaluate its effectiveness? Are we objectively assessing our programs – strengths, weaknesses and future opportunities? In short, can we prove that we are making a difference in people’s lives?

To answer that challenge, we engaged the Improve Group, research and evaluation specialists out of St. Paul, Minn., to carefully analyze our outreach efforts in three countries. After months of review, the...

Equipped to Teach, Train and Heal December 10, 2012 // Read More Four years ago, 11-year-old Rudy collided with a family member who was carrying a pot of hot cooking oil. Rudy suffered traumatic burns on his face, neck and chest. His injuries twisted his muscles and mangled his skin. At Benjamin Bloom Children’s Hospital in San Salvador, El Salvador, emergency... read more	When the Operating Room Becomes the Classroom November 16, 2012 // Read More Kris Giacobbe noticed the toddler first. His name was Amboul. He was hard to miss in the halls of a busy Moroccan hospital, especially for a photographer like Giacobbe. His upturned face and inquisitive expressions were made for the camera. He had that spark of life. He was three years old and on... read more
Healthy Pregnancies. Safe Deliveries. Thriving Moms and Babies. June 30, 2012 // Read More Seven years after launching our Maternal and Child Health Program, Physicians for Peace expands efforts to support healthier moms and babies. Too often, a pregnant woman in rural Nigeria is at serious risk of becoming another statistic in the maternal mortality index. She’s lucky if she... read more	Beyond Disability March 1, 2012 // Read More PHYSICIANS FOR PEACE CELEBRATES 12 YEARS OF HELPING PEOPLE WALK, RUN AND THRIVE Travel from Port-au-Prince to Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Deschapelles, Haiti, and you’ll pass children on their way to school, new buildings along the road and, at the hospital, Haitian staff providing care... read more
Good Will...Hunting September 11, 2011 // Read More The June issue of Fast Company featured a fascinating profile of actor and activist Matt Damon and Water.org, the nonprofit he co-founded in 2009 with Gary White, formerly of WaterPartners. Water.org will likely raise $10 million this year, up from $4 million in 2010, and much of the group’s... read more	On Being "Good Enough" July 14, 2011 // Read More Accountability. Measurements. Evaluations. These are topics all nongovernmental organizations (NGO) wrestle with – including Physicians for Peace. How do we measure the true effect of our work and, perhaps more importantly, by whose standards are we benchmarking progress? That second question was... read more

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